Use and test a Community Connector

As you develop your Community Connector, you can use and test it in Looker Studio using the Head Deployment.

Using Head Deployment

The Head Deployment is created by default in Apps Script and will always contain the current working version of the code.

  1. In the Apps Script development environment, Click Deploy > Test deployments to open the Test deployments dialog. Using Head deployment
  2. Click Copy to copy the Head Deployment ID.
  3. To load your connector in Looker Studio, replace the HEAD_DEPLOYMENT_ID placeholder in the following link with your connector’s Head Deployment ID and follow the link in your browser:
https://lookerstudio.google.com/datasources/create?connectorId=HEAD_DEPLOYMENT_ID

For more information on deployments, view the Deploy a Community Connector guide.

Update your code for Head Deployment

As you update your code, saving your Apps Script project will also update the Latest Version / Head Deployment.